A recent survey found that 2.7 million (41 per cent) of Australia’s 6.6 million households had computers, with between a third and a half of…
“It is children’s right to be children, to enjoy the pleasures of a childhood. . . . In the end, a childhood is the most…
The West Australian Labor Opposition has called for the establishment of a children’s rights body. Various elements have been proposed, including a children’s advocate, a…
Pere Marquette Press, 1993. Several years ago when my then 5-year-old was attending first grade at a local state school, he came home with a…
Some 800 sexologists were asked at a recent world congress whether they would rely on a condom for protection if they had available the partner…
A new Federal Government-sponsored pamphlet on how to talk to children about AIDS has been released by Family Planning Victoria. The pamphlet is titled, Talking…
It cannot be denied that Martina Navratilova is a great tennis player. But can she be as successful at motherhood? The tennis star and up-front…
Michael Joseph, 1994. Dr Penelope Leach of the UK, a world-renowned child psychologist, has just written a new book entitled Children First. It’s a pretty…
The murder of two year-old James Bulger by two pre-teenage boys horrified England and the world. It seemed an anomaly. It was not. Shortly after…
I am beginning to suspect a conspiracy. A conspiracy of silence, of cover-ups, of misleading information. A conspiracy of what? – ASIO nefariousness? American imperialism?…
Albatross Books, 1992. In America nearly 60 per cent of all adults have never read a book. Bachelor’s degrees in English literature have declined by…
The Australian Medical Association has recently come out in favour of a Victorian proposal to require people to report child sexual abuse. The proposal, made…